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U.S. Representative · New York 8th District
Hakeem S. Jeffries
DemocratDistrict D+24119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score27#343 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Hakeem S. Jeffries’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2267 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3208
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 0 signals
No signals in this direction
None of our measures place this member closer to the Republicans than their party.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.483 (party median -0.393; rank 175 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: NY-8 is D+24NY-8 has a partisan lean of D+24 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- WeakBacks only Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 865 tracked bills, all introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1706, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2550.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3No committee assignments on record
Either this member holds no committee seats or the assignments have not been loaded yet.
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Jeffries← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.483 is 0.09 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 866ROUTERS ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 37
| Middle |
| H.R. 1455ITS Codification ActSummary on Congress.gov |